LANG Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
It was agreed, — That the committee reinvite officials from Canadian Heritage for one hour in relation to the Federal funding for minority-language post-secondary institutions study by the end of June 2024.
At 3:57 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 4:06 p.m., the meeting resumed in public.
The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Mario Beaulieu moved on Monday, May 20, 2024, which read as follows:
That, given the obscene and offensive comments made by the Liberal MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell to a witness defending the cause of the French language in Quebec, the committee report to the House:
- that the Chief Government Whip and member of the Liberal leadership team immediately remove MP Francis Drouin from the Standing Committee on Official Languages and;
- that MP Francis Drouin resign as the Chair of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie".
That the motion be amended:
- by deleting the words "report to the House", and point a).
- by replacing the words “that MP Francis Drouin resign as the Chair of the” with the words "write to the clerk of the".
- by adding after the words "l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie”, the following "—section canadienne to call a meeting to vote on the presidency of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie—section canadienne".
Debate arose thereon.
At 5:32 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.